Entries by Benson Mufunde
SABF/NBW SPECIAL BOOK PRICES
South Africa Book Fair 2020/National Book Week 2020 Specials – Applicable till end of September 2020……. Maqoma – Legend of a Great Xhosa Warrior ……….R235.00 each Maqoma’s Last War – Sinking of The Birkenhead …….R235.00 each Kuyayiwa Kwayiwayo …………………………………………….. R130.00 each Ubufakazi ngomKristu wase-Afrika ………………………R90.00 each UbuNgqina bobuKrestu bama-Afrika ………………….R90.00 each (SEE SUPPORTING AUDIO VISUAL)
Pupils urged to learn heritage
Monday November 5, 2018 was an important day for Amava Heritage Publishing Pty Ltd. On behalf of the company, its Director, Mr. Themba Ngada had an opportunity to take the company’s vision – learning, appreciating and embracing one’s heritage and culture; to learners in Khayelitsha. The event, at Khayelitsha Library, dwelt on the African heroes […]
The Name Says It All
Colonialism succeeded because we still call ourselves, our places and things the way they defined the difference between superior and inferior. They allocated superior names, colours and things to themselves and all inferior names, colours and things to us. King William’s Town does not refer to King Ngqika, Ndlambe or Hintsa or any African for […]
Sisifa kangaka nje ngumngcwabo
Ndikhe ndaya emngcwabeni namhlanje, kudala ndagqibela ukuya emngcwabeni apho ndingumbukeli, ungenziwa ndim umngcwabo lowo, oko ndamkela ubizo. Kwindawo endaziwa kakhulu kuyo bendakuphela ndibizelwa ngaphambili ndisetyenziswa. Le nkululeko ke indinike ithuba lokuba khe ndibuye umva ndibukele ndakhe umkhanya ndijonge nezi ndingazenzi kakuhle kwamna lo izinto. Ndigqiba ngelithi, sisahleli kwindlela yempecuko (ndenza ngabom), yobuKrestu/ yaseNtshona yokungcwaba siyazibizela […]
9 September 1873 – Maqoma Dies
I shave my head in mourning I hide myself in grief I lock my voice in sadness I paint my house in mud of bereavement I drown my joy in sorry I lift my heart in remembrance I cancel my festival to show respect Ahh! Jongumsobomvu Ingwe ka Fodayisi!! Nyok’emnyam’ecandiziziba He was […]
Andithethi nalomRharhabe, Andimfuni lo mGcaleka!!
“Baphela abantu bam kukuswela ukuqonda.” Igama lekumkani yokugqibela ukulawula imbumba yobukumkani bamaXhosa nguPhalo. Wazala oonyana ababini abalinganayo ngokutyhoboza isizalo kwanangezindlu abazalelwe kuzo. Kungatshiwo kuthiwe uGcaleka uzalwa kwindlu-nkulu yokuqala kodwa naye uRharhabe uzalwa endlu-nkulu yesibini. Indlu-nkulu isekhohlo ngumfazi iNkosi okanye ikumkani emthathelwe sisizwe, kufuneka abe uzalwa ebukhosini apho asuka khona. Apha ekunene iNkosi okanye ikumkani izithandela […]
AAH!! Zanzolo
May 12 is a very depressing day for the nation. We mark the death of King Hintsa in 1835 AA H! Zanzolo, son of KHawuta, grandson of King Phalo kaNkosiyamntu kaMalangana kaXhosa. Sir Harry Smith has this Great man’s blood on his hands. As governor of the British Kaffraria based in King Williams Town made a […]
FREEDOM CELEBRATION MEANS YOU WERE, AT SOME POINT, NOT FREE
Freedom is much more than just the right to act however one chooses—it also stands for securing to everyone an equal opportunity for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. More so it’s incomplete without Heritage as a major component to it. Freedom is naked without Heritage, it’s got no basis, Freedom is built around […]